SAN GABRIEL>> The long-anticipated Crowne Plaza is headed toward ground­breaking within the next six months, after the project’s city entitlements passed through the required comment and objection period without issue this month.

The hotel, which is scheduled to open in summer 2015, will bring in at least $2 million annually in transient occupancy tax revenues, in addition to more than $3 million in other onetime license and development fees, said City Planner Mark Gallatin.

“It’s very exciting,” Gallatin said. “First and foremost, it brings a first-class international hotel chain to San Gabriel. We only have the Hilton at present, and San Gabriel is uniquely positioned to take advantage of growth and business travel from Asia. The Crowne Plaza will help meet that demand.”